[Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train

[Patrick McCartney]

> Amber sat in the cabin chair and listened to the
> boys talk. Amber
> could onlyhear short bits of the boy's story.
> "Funny... Mates...
> Levitation... Dead" Atthe word
> "dead" Amber shot up and looked out
> the window with Kadyn.
>
> "What's wrong with you?" Kadyn
> looked at Amber, then went back to
> his seat. "Seems as though something's
> gone wrong with the train.
> It seems to have gone dead."
>
> "Ohhh..." said Amber, the events
> clicked in her head. "What do you
> think happened?"
>
> "I dunno," said Cyrus. He sounded worried.
> "This has never happened before,
> that I've ever heard of."
>
>
> "Maybe it's a new way of doing things,
> because of
> the down fall of...
> You-Know-Who..." Kadyn trembled slightly.
> "They
> might just have it for
> security reasons, or something."
>
> "Maybe." said Cyrus.
>
> "I do know You-Know-Who." said Amber,
> "He's an evil guy. My
> parents
> told me about him before they left."
>
> "My dad's told me about You-Know-Who."
> Cyrus shuddered. "He sounds
> really
> evil."
>
> 
> "He's as dark as they come, that's for
> sure. So it probably is just
> some
> security measure, a stop half way there to make sure
> there aren't any
> stowaways." Kadyn smiled in spite of himself,
> because he only half
> believed
> what he was saying.
> 
> Just as Kadyn finished, three soft taps came from the
> closed
> compartment door.
> 
> 
> 
> Amber jumped. She wasn't expecting that. Her head turned to the door.

It was difficult to see anything outside of the dingy cabin window. 
All Amber could see was the shadow of someone standing outside, just to
the left staying out of view.